Always Connected PC - January 2018

Description

Kevin will be discussing the Always Connected PC, with guest speakers Erin Chapple (GM) and Hari Pulapaka (Principal Group Program Manager – Windows Base Kernel). The Always Connected PC is a new category of devices that blends the simplicity and connectivity of the mobile phone with the power and creativity of the PC. The work to enable Windows 10 on ARM is a core investment in bringing this category to life. The group will give an overview of the Always Connected PC, key things a developer should know when developing for Windows 10 on ARM, and answer live questions.

We are working on releasing the full Win32 SDK for Windows 10 ARM64. You'll be able to target that platform just as you do when you develop for x86-32 or x86-64.

In the meantime, the best way to target the platform is to develop ARM32 UWPs. These will run great on these devices.

Back to the Win32, and addressing your WinForms question, these devices currently only include the x86-32 version of Desktop CLR. This means that if your app has tight dependencies to Desktop CLR, you still need to run your app as x86.

This limitation does not apply to the use of (Core) CLR in UWPs. UWPs that use Core CLR (and that you allow publishing to ARM32) will be translated to ARM32 native code by the store and will run as ARM32 apps in the device.

As of this POST - I have had a Lenovo Miix 630 with Snapdragon. It is great. Uninstalled the store version of 2016 Office and installed x86 2016 Office, x86 of the Instagram app called Grid, x86 voice to text program from Nextup.com - no issues. However, the x86 program for MS Keyboard and mouse fails to install. Question: Where should I post Snapdragon install issues at? The Win 10 feedback is a joke since no one reads, let alone address the posted issues. So where do I go? Please don't kill this off this version of Windows like you did with Windows Phone.